Dubai: A woman who plunged 18 storeys to her death on Wednesday from an apartment in Jumeirah Lakes Towers area was suffering from mental problems and had attempted suicide before the fatal accident, police said.
Dubai police confirmed that the cause of the fatal fall has been ruled a suicide and that the woman, who also used a wheelchair because of an unidentified physical condition, “suffered from psychological problems”.
The woman fell to her death around 3:30pm on Wednesday shocking the community living around the Jumeirah X1 building where she lived.
Security staff said the woman had a medical condition affecting her legs.
The body was discovered by security guards working in the building where she lived. They informed police and emergency authorities.
From the grocery to the security guard desk at the victim’s building, neighbours and workers were saddened by news of the woman’s death in an area where almost two months ago a teenage girl fell to her death from the 14th floor of a nearby building.
Eyewitness accounts
The fatal fall happened at Jumeirah Bay X1 building some time between 3 and 4pm, said one witness who was on the scene within seconds of the incident and saw first-hand the aftermath of the fall.
Dubai Police yesterday ruled the death a suicide after learning that the woman had thrown herself from the balcony. Police said that somehow she landed on a balcony on the first floor during her fall. They added that they were told the woman was having psychological problems.
The woman was reportedly in her 30s and the mother of a child, said a building security officer. Another security officer confirmed that the victim was Turkish and is believed to have lived with her husband and daughter.
A delivery boy at a supermarket in the same building told Gulf News that he first heard a strange sound outside and then proceeded to find out the origin of the noise.“I saw her as people were approaching and we called the police,” he said.
